Heartbreak hit Coral Springs, Florida, when Vice Mayor Nancy Metayer Bowen turned up dead at her place on April 1, 2026, around 10 a.m. Cops are calling it straight-up domestic violence. Her husband Stephen bolted to Plantation, Florida, but they nabbed him easy – no fuss – and he’s locked up at Broward County Jail.
Who’s Stephen Bowen?
The 40-year-old’s a licensed radiologic tech and ex-nonprofit bigwig, once COO at Men of St. Luke Inc. Now he’s the main guy in the probe into Nancy’s death.
Nancy’s Big Mark
She made history as the first Black Haitian-American on the Coral Springs City Commission. Florida A&M grad, re-elected in 2024 as Vice Mayor. Environmental scientist, sat on Broward County Soil and Water Conservation District, and tapped for Florida League of Cities’ Federal Action Strike Team for 2025–2026.
Family’s Words & Town’s Loss
Her kin called her a straight-shooter full of heart: “Throughout her years in public office, she led with integrity, compassion, and an unwavering sense of purpose… Her legacy will live on not only in the policies she helped shape, but in the countless lives she touched.”
Cops are still digging, treating it as domestic violence. This hits just three months after her brother Donovan Joshua Leigh Metayer died – he survived the 2018 Marjory Stoneman Douglas shooting.
